digital era conflict war is washington an invisible cyber war between the u.s. and china rages as some security professionals say america is losing badly. also this hour a day to overtime in parliamentary elections sex scandal survivor of the scale it gets a topless reception of the bonnet while the former funnyman channels the country's rage over austerity. and most could pose the latest talks on the syrian civil conflict as russia struggles to bring the opposition and government to the negotiating table with the rebels reluctant. to use a russia and around the world this is with me hello and welcome to the program.

the competition between the u.s. and china has gone digital and the western superpower isn't feeling confident intelligence figures think america is already losing a major cyber war. hacking into washington security. reports. in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link between china's military and a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now but prove today our sugar daddy is a thief beijing became an overnight security threat last week after the american

information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations a charge china vehemently denies however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual al-qaeda i think this is part of what obama calls the asian habit which is really a china and this cyber thing is is fits right into that pattern i think what we're looking at is art of this obama pivot to focus on china and to paint china is the new military threat to the world it's a demonization trying to earlier this month u.s. president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private

e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt

a position of purely be things that we sort of made it clear that we're willing to use cyber in advance of our national interest while reports about china's a legit cyber attacks have dominated u.s. mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be the next major or will include a cyber component it will just be a traditional insurgency bombing from where the central ground troops the next floor almost certainly will include the cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s.

and china over virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place with the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. and or not you can have your say and express your opinion on what's going on between the u.s. and china are now pulled so let's have a look at how you've been voting so far that so where is it all right they have a go more than half of you actually sixty five percent think this is all part of obama's p.r. campaign a bit more than fifteen percent actually sixteen believe the so-called haka was candle is about almost the same number of you think this is a glimpse of the next world war and finally just six percent of you see this as a warning to try and so do not talk to a cold or how do you say that. it's

the second and final day of voting on a sunday in a parliamentary campaign fought with baseball rhetoric and tough questions about austerity yesterday saw most major party leaders because of the ballot with the bowl of cereal scandal survivor so we oppose kerry talked about perhaps this took place then actually crashed his photo opportunity chanting enough with berlusconi the sort of a small white police and escorted out of the stroller functions include the democrats engineer and tell stories to pass a front of buyers have found blogger and through what comedian on his arena going to reports now on a vote that shaping is his future you are going to start looking for the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. but

it seems like it. was a candidate that was . thirteen years old i think it's not because it was good. but agree loz not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simple to do away with the politics that italy has been used to for the past couple of decades and bring about a new type of rule the number said by my perfect view protected by the state if i want to state that is visible there is no state in this country just a group receive laws that is replace democracy there isn't anything left to among the crowds dissolution but it's always politics is the only analysis he started small by successfully challenging politicians in his small hometown in the south

like many talents he does not trust the current political system but the least of all the utility that is good here will be that wall ok i begin to feel it that way if you live below the. but it is time for a change at least one hundred thousand people showed up to support group close movement in the center of rome the biggest political gathering in half a century people say popular because this speaks clearly and this is one of the main things is says they have to go. home or. they're finished this right because the the political class has lost in the in influence on the part of the population especially young people. the crisis we have a political class absolutely unable to cope with the situation and the situation is a desperate one the longest recession in twenty years more than one third of the

country's youth are without a job corruption that feeds organized crime and manages to siphon off as much as sixty billion euros a year by some estimates and declaring wealth divide between various italian regions basically italy's huge a parliament will have a mouthful to chew to avoid choking on the problem over the years perhaps doing away with the old men in suits no matter how respectable they may appear in favor of foul mouthed but seemingly honest comedian may be just the thing to put an end to italy's political drama in rome in a gold. so the working officially close it at fourteen country one hundred g.m.t. today with exit polls made available shortly after but already political analyst policy doubts any of the candidates will deliver on their promise to rein in is his finances. well the problem of your is not the problem of public debts this is a financial assault that has been concerted by private entities to milk money from

the eurozone that said of course berlusconi is not really the best choice to to drive around these difficult obstacles and the moment he wasn't really so much better despite being well connected with the financial world has a wonderful work. but very little content and this is a bit worrying because as soon as he gets in it gets in parliament and it's not just italian politics he will make politics in the world and frankly for the moment they don't feel he is really well equipped i hope he will make up because anyhow he will come up with a sizable number of parliamentarians but they have really to study very hard and very fast to come up with something credible. chancellor merkel brings new hope to turkey germany calls for a restart to stall talks and is essential to the u.

despite serious human rights and economic concerns all of that coming out. also later in the program america's new foreign secretaries and he's found foreign tour syria and iran are among the main topics but no significant announcement are in store in just a few moments we've got opinion on why he's being so cautious. in the latest attempts to find a breakthrough in serious a painful civil conflicts the country's foreign minister is to hold negotiations here in moscow the peace process has suffered a new blow that after the western backed opposition withdrew from all international talks complaining of a lack of pressure on the assad regime and it is here with us and brings us the latest so you've got us more about this meeting as well as the significance of this visit given the importance of ongoing diplomatic standoff. well this is it

comes amid widespread uncertainty over whether or not any dialogue it's possible between the syrian authorities and the opposition damask it says that it is ready to talk last week there were dim hope that the rebels would do the same since for the first time their leader said that they were willing to negotiate with the government but now it seems the opposition is returning to its traditional line and taking it a bit further first of all the refuse coming to moscow for talks using it of supporting president assad even though russia since the beginning of the conflict has been saying that it's not taking any side any side but if that was a more or less predictable then the opposition's we fusil to come to washington and to rome to take part in the upcoming meeting of this all friends of syria group that was a complete surprise since this group was initially formed to support the rebels so there are clear signs of a divide between them and their outside supporters while the rebels themselves are

saying that they are doing this in protest of a lack of an international reaction to what they see are atrocities committed by syrian authorities washington astride persuading them to change their minds openly promising more support despite russia's calls for the international community to apply equal pressure on both the rebels and the government for this political process to finally start in syria but well right now frankly the chances of this process seem to be don't seem to be very large. right here thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date and of course we'll be talking to her later post as again on this developing story that are right here in pressure from activists are not what counts as western powers could be losing their grip on the rebels this you don't go. they do not want to have any dialogue with the syrian

government because all their strategy based in a sense on the syrian government falling and them coming as a substitute they do not have a lot of the on the ground the also that he is for the rebels rather than the political elite that are called the national council to see the national commission so all they are interested in is for the government to form they know that the western societies of western countries have invested a lot in them both in money and time and so on in organizing them and they think that they could probably make a stand here with regards to what they see is policy this is a bit funny because now if the choose to get out of this sort of international friends of syria meeting then the western community is really would have no leverage whatsoever in the syrian crisis u.s. special forces that kicked out of a crucial afghan province that alleged involvement and they told the locals has

sparked outrage a bit by threatens to me becky area next to kabul without protection that story is coming up after a very short break. technology innovation all the developments from around russia. the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture.

more news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are all today. good to have you with us welcome back then you know appointed u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in london on his first official foreign toll of some top officials that he will head to altogether the trip will include nine states checking on america's nato allies as well as its key friends in the middle east kerry is expected to talk about iran's nuclear program the french intervention in mali and the civil war in syria and usually he will meet members of the syrian opposition and their allies however he has said he would mostly be

a listening tour and no significant change in america styles is expected however this might mean that washington just wants to shift the burden of foreign war story its nato allies that says join reason expert on american foreign policy. it's always been very important for the americans to keep the nato alliance together but they always want to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in nato is from the american armed forces what the americans constantly want to do is to shift the burden of military intervention on to the european powers for to keep political control all the process and i think that we've seen that a number of times recently especially since the american focus is now beginning to shift towards the pacific to deal with the rising threat of china we are going to the europeans now have to take on a greater share of burden in respect of policing the arab world and north africa

what we're seeing here is an attempt to convince the nato allies that they should pay more but have no more implodes. afghanistan's president hamid karzai has ordered to u.s. special forces out of a crucial province that americans will link to the torture and murder of local villagers in areas seen as vital for defending the capital kabul the move comes as nato prepares to hand responsibility for security to local forces by twenty fourteen and politics professor patricia dinero says afghanistan will struggle on its. the wardak province is you know the family is strong the places where the ball is how i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans so having u.s. forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment cards that president karzai needs to take care of his own situation but seeds definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know they're they're still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know

what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation than just his region within the south where. iran has announced it's found some thousands of tons was having to rein in reserves and it says it will use them to expand its nuclear infrastructure and to build more power we are as also dot com find out what they want to do about it. internet freedom north korea style the country plans to make mobile internet its main tourist attraction giving foreigners for online access as. wealthy british style it's time to.

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german chancellor merkel's caused a stir in turkey by calling for talks on korea's ascension to the e.u. to be restarted she's currently on a trip best starting with a visit to german troops on the border with syria but her support for attack is

aspirations to join the e.u. on being echoed at home and sent out on chorus human rights record especially strong with more journalists reportedly jailed in turkey than in iran and china combined delays and talks have caused great annoyance with pm at agana calling the holdups unforgettable but money writer a political analyst and journalists that the current economic situation in the e.u. leaves tagger citizens without any desire to enter the block. we have to see that european union is no democratic pro chafed its political approach a sort of ideological approach because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to have the euro for example fifteen years ago a huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe ask the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no the european union is a construct without any democratic base it's an ideological base and so maybe

hopefully we can hope for for the turkish people that they will have the right to take part in the referendum of oh to took a turkish your membership because i can imagine that for the turkish citizen to see how the european the how of the european union develops now in those states is doesn't seem very attractive to become a member of that club and time now to check some of the international news stories in brief this hour thousands turned out across one garrett to show that anger at why isn't good tennessee calls and corruption in the n.h.s. that ten thousand were in the capital alone waving national flags and shouting until governments so i business and all those just to wake up to countrywide falls in a conservative party to resign. raul castro has told the national assembly he will stand down as cuban president for his current term and then twenty eight the eighty one year old over from his older brother fidel castro five years

ago and miguel diaz kind of voted in as vice president at the same assembly meeting was widely viewed as castro's success. south korea's first female president park again hair has been sworn in at a ceremony attended by turns at finals and the daughter of the nation's autocratic founder breaks is among other challenges the question of how to deal with a nuclear armed north korea the inauguration intertainment was the all of the day south korea's most famous singer site while the other with his signature move. in the u.s. some governors how much expanding is due to kick in the next month will lead to job losses eighty five billion dollars will be slashed across sectors funded by public money democrats and republicans failed to reach a compromise on tax increases some states like texas and virginia with large

military budgets will be worse or better than others less reliant on money from washington. new york. the economic trials facing america stretch far beyond its borders so stay with us at nice thirty g.m.t. one cross-talk looks at the risk posed by countries turning to the risky business of printing money. at least in the case of the united states you're seeing the private sector the accuracy and i gradually improvement of the economy a much more while he had a bad deal of p.n. situation where you have been go ahead and go ahead we're where do you see an improvement in the united states what do you see that and also do you think a monetary policy is going to get you anywhere while you have to balance sheets of every country and the printing of money is destroying it is doing the complete opposite of what you wanted to do the united states economy he's definitely on an improving bad housing sector he's coming bag named name oh i would.

put. because you know most of the housing is going through my cough it consumer confidence is not a measure of economic activity. we've seen. as a. hero today when will stay with us next fall later special report in just a few minutes.